Oak Grove Cemetery – Morgantown – Monongalia County – United States

Oak Grove Cemetery is located on Barrickman Street in the Hopecrest area of Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. Historical records state that Waitman T. Willey sold 8.5 acres to the Oak Grove Cemetery Association in 1865, and the cemetery served as Morgantown’s sole burial ground until the early 1920s. Its layout follows the rural-cemetery tradition, with family plots, curving paths, and older sandstone and marble markers featuring nineteenth-century natural motifs. The grounds are associated with the Chancery Hill historic neighborhood and include the Willey family plot, containing U.S. senator Waitman T. Willey and members of his family. Other documented burials include educator Alexander Wade, Congressman John Marshall Hagans, lawyer John James Brown, and industrial promoter George Sturgiss. The cemetery is operated through a nonprofit cemetery organization that provides burial, lot, monument-foundation, mausoleum, and perpetual-care services. ([npgallery.nps.gov](https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/62a3bf7c-3788-4da9-8246-6324550ad0f9?utm_source=openai))